Lisa Mauro-Bracken

Head of Department, Health & Wellbeing

Senior Management Team

Contact Details

I am a Senior Lecturer and Academic Group Leader for the Foundation Degrees in the School of Allied Health at the University of Worcester. I am module leader for a range of undergraduate modules on the course and support teaching on global health within the MSc Public Health My research interests currently centre around the links between wellbeing and the impact of transition into higher education specifically related to foundation degree students.

Qualifications:

BSc Biological Studies
MPH International Population and Family Health

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are in the arena of health and well-being across the life course and include:

Promoting health and well-being
Life course approaches
Healthy Living
Global Health and public health interventions
Applied research and evidence based practice
Values, attitudes, diversity and inequalities

Research Interests

Having worked internationally and with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants I have great interest in the impact of humanitarian crisis and migration on the well-being on individuals and communities.

At the moment, my research interest is around well-being but more focused on the student population. I am currently developing research in the following areas:

Professional Bodies

Member of American Public Health Association & Royal Society for Public Health
HEA Fellow

Publications

Thomas, Y., Frank, H., Mauro-Bracken, L., Goodall, D., Thackeray, K., & Jones, R. (2014) The value of writing groups and the barriers to writing: A response. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 21:6, 259-259.

Mauro-Bracken L. (2008). Shaping Interculturalism for Youth work: A report on consultations for an intercultural strategy for youth work. National Youth Council of Ireland.

Presentations

Mauro-Bracken, L. & Goodall, D. (2016) The role of the Foundation Degree in enabling students to achieve work place success or progression. Presentation at University of Worcester Learning and Teaching Conference, June 2016.

McGregor, K, Mauro-Bracken, L & Anderson, J. (2016) Survival of the fittest: The impact of post-recession Britain on women and women's services. Presentation at conference: Social Justice: building a fairer, more equal society, June 2016.